LEARNING TARGET: STUDENTS WILL UNDERSTAND THE PROPERTIES OF A WAVE AND THE EQUATIONS THAT ARE USED TO DESCRIBE WAVES AND APPLY THEM TO THE PRODUCTION OF LIGHT FROM AN ATOM.
Key Vocabulary
- Wave
- Wavelength
- Frequency
- Crest
- Trough
- Speed of Light
- Amplitude
- Displacement
- Medium
- Photon
- Planck's Constant
- Energy
Wave-Particle Nature of Light
The idea that electrons produced light when they moved shells was an idea that was easily agreed upon, however; understanding if the light that was produced was a particle (photon) or a wave was not agreed upon. In the video below you will understand how the Wave-Particle of Light Theory came to be.